Take-It-Yourself Route Number Challenge

[formulanone]

Terminus of US 441 / SR 7 at Calle Ocho in Miami:

Disgraceful that a US route terminus is signed with such ugly shields like that.

That's the City of Miami for you...

[MNHighwayMan]

Terminus of US 441 / SR 7 at Calle Ocho in Miami:

Disgraceful that a US route terminus is signed with such ugly shields like that.

That's the City of Miami for you...

Why is the city of Miami responsible for those signs? Shouldn't that be on the state DOT? Also totally just now noticed the almost completely obscured signal head on the mast arm, behind the tree.

[dgolub]

Staten Island Expressway (I-278) westbound at the West Shore Expressway (NY 440):

[Max Rockatansky]

Terminus of US 441 / SR 7 at Calle Ocho in Miami:

Disgraceful that a US route terminus is signed with such ugly shields like that.

That's the City of Miami for you...

Why is the city of Miami responsible for those signs? Shouldn't that be on the state DOT? Also totally just now noticed the almost completely obscured signal head on the mast arm, behind the tree.

Standards in regards to signage can at times vary wildly in Florida by county.  Some of them even have the hidden State Road numbers signed alongside US Routes.

[formulanone]

Terminus of US 441 / SR 7 at Calle Ocho in Miami:

Disgraceful that a US route terminus is signed with such ugly shields like that.

That’s the City of Miami for you...

Why is the city of Miami responsible for those signs? Shouldn't that be on the state DOT? Also totally just now noticed the almost completely obscured signal head on the mast arm, behind the tree.

Standards in regards to signage can at times vary wildly in Florida by county.  Some of them even have the hidden State Road numbers signed alongside US Routes.

Most regulatory and warning signage is consistent, as well as road design and safety...but things like route signs, guide signs, and street blades/signs are a mixed bag. I tend to think each county or city creates or contracts out that type of signage, and there's also several FDOT districts, so some practices are a bit little different than the next.

A peek at the shield gallery for Florida reveals there's a lot of different interpretations on all of the route shields...

[jbnv]

442 is now in play.


Louisiana 442 by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr


US 441 by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr


Louisiana 441 by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

[Jim]

A couple New York 442s near Ausable Chasm.  September 13, 2008.



Florida 442 from I-95.  July 19, 2016.



Pennsylvania 442 near Clarkstown.  June 17, 2006.

[jbnv]

443 is now in play. I don't have any at the moment (even though LA 443 isn't far from me  ) so I'll do some catching up.


Florida 442 by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr


Florida 441 by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr


Louisiana 440 by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

[Jim]

Here's a New York 443 in Berne (or possibly Knox).  May 13, 2013.

[jmd41280]

PA 443 (along US 22/322 near Harrisburg)


US 22 / US 322 near PA Route 443 - Rockville, PA by Jon Dawson, on Flickr

[formulanone]

LA 442 on I-55 north:


PA 443 on I-81 south; on a shield mounted to the highest post I've ever seen:


Jackson County (AL) CR 443 on CR 42:

[jbnv]

444 is now in play.


Florida 438 by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr


Louisiana 437 by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr


Lake County (FL) 437 by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

[Jim]

New York 444 in Bloomfield.  June 29, 2016.

[formulanone]

FM 444 on US 77 north Victoria:


TN 444 on US 321 near Lenoir City:


Shelby County CR 444 on US 280:

[jbnv]

445 is now in play.


Louisiana 445 by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

[MNHighwayMan]

445 is now in play.


Louisiana 445 by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

I didn't think did Louisiana did standalone 3di wide shields.

[Jim]

I can take us to Texas for FM 445.  July 29, 2005.



And also to Louisiana for another Louisiana 445. From I-12.  November 22, 2003.

[formulanone]

Here's another shot of FM 445, presumably from the other side of US 77:

[jbnv]

445 is now in play.


Louisiana 445 by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

I didn't think did Louisiana did standalone 3di wide shields.

Oh, we do, to my chagrin...

[dgolub]

Do unsigned designations of parkways count?  If so, then there's NJ 444, NJ 445, and NJ 446 that I can post.

[jbnv]

Do unsigned designations of parkways count?  If so, then there's NJ 444, NJ 445, and NJ 446 that I can post.

If it's on a shield, you can post it.

4. The number on the sign that is photographed must be shown on a route symbol.  Signs with third-person textual mentions of routes are not allowed.

[formulanone]

FM 446 on US 59 / US 77:


Jackson CR 446 on AL 71:

[Jim]

Here's Kentucky 446 from I-65.  July 17, 2007.

[7/8]

Similar to Jim's; KY 446 on I-65 southbound (taken in August 2017)

[Jim]

For 447, I have two.

Texas Spur 447 in Wichita Falls.  August 31, 2003.



Pennsylvania 447 from US 209 in Stroudsburg.  May 20, 2005.